Academic writing

How it is used

Used when discussing essays, reports, theses, and articles. It often involves argument, citation, hedging, paragraph unity, and a tone suited to scholarly readers.

Example sentences

1. In the first-year seminar, students practiced academic writing by turning rough opinions into claims supported by published evidence.

   Here, the term refers to a learnable scholarly writing practice that requires evidence-based claims rather than personal opinion alone.

2. Marta's academic writing became clearer after her supervisor showed her how topic sentences guide each paragraph in the literature review.

   In this example, it means her skill in producing organized scholarly prose, especially at paragraph level and across a larger text.

Common collocations

• academic writing skills
• academic writing course
• improve academic writing
• academic writing style

Related terms

• argumentA position supported by reasons and evidence, or the line of reasoning that runs through an essay, article or thesis.
• evidenceFacts, data or findings that show whether a claim or idea is true or likely to be true.

More terms: Academic Vocabulary

• indicate
• e.g.
• i.e.
• concept
• approach
• implication
• demonstrate
• furthermore
• assumption
• phenomenon
• comprise
• respectively